Give the individual the power to be a producer as well as a consumer.

Long-term sustainable change happens if people discover their own power.

Build a platform - prepare for the unexpected...you' ll know you're successful when the platform you've built serves you in unexpected ways.

If you can get over this initial distrust that people have of strangers, you can do remarkable things.

In February of 1996, about six months after I created eBay, I started receiving a spate of complaints. Everyone was complaining about each other. I felt very much like I was a parent who had to adjudicate the brothers beating each other up.

I was just pursuing what I enjoyed doing. I mean, I was pursuing my passion.

The personal wealth that's coming is absolutely secondary to the stories that I hear about our users who have given themselves some financial independence as well by starting businesses, and all the lives we've touched positively.